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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire ServiceDistributed by The Sports ExchangeDARLINGTON, S. Rod Carew Angels Jersey .C. -- Tropical storm Hermine made sure Chris Bueschers path to the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup would be just a bit more difficult.In qualifying for the last five races, Buescher has advanced to the second round four times and to the third round once, posting an average starting position of 20.4.But at Darlington Racing this weekend, Buescher didnt have a chance to qualify, thanks to the storm that washed out all track activity on Friday.Accordingly, with the starting order set by owner points, Buescher will take the green flag from 31st place in Sunday nights Bojangles Southern 500 (6 p.m. ET on NBC) -- right beside David Ragan, the driver hes trying to beat for the 30th position in the regular-season standings.If Buescher is 30th or better after the Sept. 10 race at Richmond, he make the Chase. If hes 31st or worse in the driver standings, his Chase spot will go to someone else.With two races left before the cutoff, Buescher leads Ragan by seven points for the all-important 30th spot.On a track fraught with peril, starting that deep in the field is certain to raise Bueschers stress level.Definitely, Darlington being one of the tougher race tracks we go to, that makes us a little bit anxious to get out there and get rolling this weekend, Buescher said. Nature has not helped us by any means. Without qualifying right, its going to put us starting a lot further back than what weve been able to qualify the last several months, so thats a little bit of a bummer there.But, on the other hand, Darlington is my favorite race track we go to. I absolutely love that race track. I had a lot of fun there on the XFINITY side, and Ive gotten my fair share of stripes already, so maybe Im done with that and we can keep it clean this weekend.This will be the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at Darlington for the driver of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford, who is competing for Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors this season.In four XFINITY Series races, Buescher has an average finish of 17.0, with his best result of fifth coming in last years championship season.CALE YARBOROUGH HONORED IN DARLINGTON CEREMONYIn a special ceremony on pit road at Darlington Raceway on Saturday morning, NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough was honored for his contributions to the sport.The garage area at the 1.366-mile track was named in Yarboroughs honor.Yarborough, the honorary pace car driver for Sunday nights Bojangles Southern 500, grew up in nearby Timmonsville and decided he wanted to be a race car driver the first time he saw an event at the Lady in Black.In fact, he sneaked into the garage that now bears his name to watch his first race at the track.I slipped under the fence when I came to see my first race, and now, here Ive got a garage named after me, so its great, Yarborough said. This is a great honor. Theres no place like Darlington to me, and to have a garage area named after you from now on is just great.Team Penske driver Joey Logano is five victories short of the five Southern 500s Yarborough won during his career, but Logano remembers his first encounter with the three-time Sprint Cup champion during a winners circle appearance in 2009.He took me around in a ride-along car, and I sat in the passenger seat and he came out with his old race suit on, open-face helmet, bubble goggles, and I got to sit in the passenger seat with Cale Yarborough driving around Darlington, Logano said. I thought, Man, this is the coolest thing.Obviously, I wasnt watching racing when he was racing -- I wasnt alive -- but re-watching races and reading a lot about the history of the sport and what hes meant to NASCAR racing, its neat that hes still so involved and he still cares about the sport.KEVIN HARVICK ON POLE AFTER QUALIFYING RAINOUTThe odds against Sundays Bojangles Southern 500 producing another first-time winner are relatively heavy.When all track activity was washed out on Friday, the starting field for the race was set according to owner points, and the top 10 starters in the field, from pole sitter Kevin Harvick through 10th-place Matt Kenseth, all have at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory this season.Why is that significant? Because in the last 14 races at Darlington, 10 of the winners have come from the top 10 spots on the starting grid. So the odds say a driver who already has won this year will take the checkered flag on Sunday night.Brad Keselowski will line up next to Harvick, with Carl Edwards in third and fourth, respectively, behind the front-row starters. Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Kenseth complete the top 10.The last time Harvick started from the pole in Darlington, in April 2014, he picked up his only victory at the track.But that doesnt mean 11th-place starter Chase Elliott should abandon hope of notching his first career win.Back in 2004, Elliotts Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Jimmie Johnson, started 11th and ultimately took the checkered flag. In the 14-race stretch dating to Terry Labontes 2003 victory, the deepest in the field a winner has started is 23rd (Regan Smith in 2011).SHORT STROKESJimmie Johnson paced opening practice at Darlington with a lap at 176.025 mph, followed by Denny Hamlin (175.060 mph) and Sunoco rookie Ryan Blaney (174.711 mph). Ryan Newman, who currently is 15 points behind Jamie McMurray for the final Chase spot on points, was fifth fastest at 174.519 mph. McMurray was 26th on the speed chart. ... Newman, however, slipped to 25th fastest in final practice, while McMurray was two spots ahead of him in 23rd. Brad Keselowski was fastest in the session at 174.649 mph, followed by Kurt Busch (174.031 mph) and Johnson (174.019 mph). Kasey Kahne, whose only realistic path into the Chase is a victory in one of the next two races, was fourth on the list at 173.656 mph. Rod Carew Jersey . Kozun faked to the forehand and beat Monsters starter, Calvin Pickard, pad side in the second round for the winner. Spencer Abbott also scored in the shootout for the Marlies (25-13-4). Custom Los Angeles Angels Jerseys . White came in fourth place in the event. He was the two-time defending gold medallist. The gold medal went to Swiss snowboarder Iouri Podladtchikov. http://www.baseballangelslockroom.com/reggie-jackson-angels-jersey/ . -- Ken Appleby made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 2-0 win over the Belleville Bulls on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Montreal Canadiens were the last team in the NHL to lose a game in regulation this season -- and they did it in historic fashion Friday night.And the Columbus Blue Jackets made a little history of their own.Cam Atkinson, Nick Foligno, Scott Hartnell and Josh Anderson each scored two goals as Columbus swamped Montreal 10-0, matching the biggest loss in the Canadiens storied history and breaking the Blue Jackets franchise record.Montreal lost by 10 goals for the fifth time and the first since an 11-1 loss to Detroit in February 1995. The Canadiens dropped to 9-1-1.I dont think youre going forget one like that, Montreal wing Brendan Gallagher said. We got taught a lesson here tonight. We had it coming. Last game we were sloppy, we got away with it. Tonight we didnt.Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves, and Seth Jones and David Savard added goals to help the Blue Jackets improve to 5-3-1. Columbus eclipsed its previous record offensive output of eight goals in a game.After surrendering 13 goals in 10 games before Friday, Montreal gave up eight to Columbus in the first two periods, half of them on power plays. Sixteen Columbus players picked up at least one point.Theres nothing positive about tonight -- nothing, Montreal coach Michel Therrien said.The Blue Jackets banged away at Al Montoya, Montreals backup goalie who started in place of Carey Price in the first game of a back-to-back set. On a power play with 9:04 left in the first, Foligno tapped it out from behind the net to Atkinson, who picked up his third goal of the season and later would get his fourth.Jones found the net just 58 seconds later from the left circle on a pass out from behind the goal line from Anderson to make it 2-0.Savard scored for Columbus again with 5:54 left in the first -- with a bit of luck. Savard was shooting inside to Matt Calvert, but the puck hit the skate of Montreals Jeff Petry and trickled through the legs of Montoya. The goal was Savards first of the season, and Markus Nutivaara got an assist -- his first NHL point. Nolan Ryan Jersey. Atkinson scored his second goal of the night 4:01 into the second period on a put-back after Sam Gagners shot bounced off Montoyas pads.Foligno netted Columbus fifth off a pass from Zach Werenski 10:12 into the period, and Hartnell tapped in a loose puck from in front of the net a minute and 41 seconds later for the sixth score. Foligno scored the seventh in traffic a minute and 46 seconds after that.Anderson scored the eighth from the slot just before the end of the second period. Hartnell and Anderson added the last two in the third period.Youve been on the other side where everything is not going right, Foligno said. It just seemed to be the case tonight where we were just getting every bounce. But we were earning it, too. Im not going to take away from our game, either. We did a lot of good things. But Ive never been up by 10 in my entire career.Montoya had 30 saves for Montreal.The record output was no big deal to Columbus coach John Tortorella.All it is one tick in the win column and one tick in the loss column, he said.Game notes Columbus Alexander Wennberg appeared to score off his skate in the second period, but the goal was disallowed because officials ruled he deliberately kicked it. ... The Blue Jackets killed a Montreal power play near the end of the period after Bobrovsky was called for tripping Montreals Andrew Shaw. Bobrovsky stayed in the net as Gagner served the two minutes in the box. ... Columbus recalled Sonny Milano from Cleveland of the AHL for the second time season, but he was a healthy scratch. Dalton Prout and Scott Harrington also were healthy scratches for the Blue Jackets. ... Joel Hanley and David Carr were brought up from St. Johns of the AHL but were healthy scratches for Montreal.Up nextMontreal: At Philadelphia on Saturday nightColumbus: At St. Louis on Saturday night ' ' '